Nurs 2207 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 2207 GI Quiz - Questions, Answers and Rationales The nurse gives a client with hepatitis A information about untoward signs and symptoms related to the disease. The nurse instructs the client to contact the primary health care provider if the client develops which symptom? 1. Fatigue 2. Anorexia 3. Yellow urine 4. Clay-colored stools Rationale: Clay-colored stools are indicative of hepatic obstruction because bile is prevented from entering the intestines. It is unnecessary to call the he...

NURS 2207 GU/Men’s Health Quiz - Questions, Answers and Rationales Which action would the nurse include when developing a postprocedure plan of care for a client with continuous bladder irrigations after a transurethral vaporization of the prostate? 1. Measure the output hourly and monitor total output trends. 2. Monitor the specific gravity of the urine each shift. 3. Irrigate the triple-lumen catheter with normal saline three times daily. 4. Deduct the amount of instilled irrigant from the...

NURS 2207 Endocrine EAQ Quiz (Graded) - Questions, Answers and Rationales Which clinical manifestations would the nurse expect a client to exhibit with a diagnosis of Cushing syndrome? Select all that apply. 1. Emaciation 2. Weakness 3. Hypertension 4. Truncal obesity 5. Intermittent tonic spasms Rationale: Weakness occurs in response to the excessive catabolism of proteins and resulting loss of muscle mass. Hypertension occurs in response to excessive cortisol that causes an increase in circu...

NURS 2207 Oncology Evolve EAQ (Graded) - Questions, Answers and Rationales Which response would the nurse offer when a client undergoing brachytherapy for breast cancer asks what precautions need to be observed? 1. "There are no restrictions during your brachytherapy." 2. "All body fluid during therapy is treated as radioactive." 3. "You should maintain contact isolation during treatment." 4. "Visitors should be limited, particularly pregnant women and children." Rationale: Visitors sh...

NURS 2207 GI Quiz Questions, Answers and Rationales Questions, Answers and Rationales

NURS 2207 GI Quiz

When providing care for a client who had a nephrectomy secondary to renal cancer, which factor affects the client's ability to perform his or her postoperative deep breathing and coughing requirements? 1. Location of the client's surgical incision 2. Increased anxiety about the prognosis 3. Inflammatory process associated with surgery 4. Pulmonary congestion from preoperative medications - Answer 1. Location of the client's surgical incision Rationale: The location of the ...

Which autoantigens are responsible for the development of Crohn disease? 1. Crypt epithelial cells 2. Thyroid cell surface 3. Basement membranes of the lungs 4. Basement membranes of the glomeruli - Answer 1. Crypt epithelial cells Rationale: Crypt epithelial cells are considered the autoantigens responsible for Crohn disease. Thyroid cell surfaces are autoantigens responsible for Hashimoto thyroiditis. The pulmonary and glomerular basement membranes act as autoantigens respon...

The nurse adds 20 mEq of potassium chloride to the intravenous solution of a client with diabetic ketoacidosis. Which purpose would this medication serve? 1. Treats hyperpnea 2. Prevents flaccid paralysis 3. Prevents hypokalemia 4. Treats cardiac dysrhythmias - Answer ANS: 3 Rationale: Once treatment with insulin for diabetic ketoacidosis is begun, potassium ions reenter the cell, causing hypokalemia; therefore potassium, along with replacement fluids, is needed to prevent...

A client diagnosed with invasive cancer of the bladder has brachytherapy scheduled. Which successful therapy outcome would the nurse expect with this client? 1. Decrease in urine output 2. Increase in pulse strength 3. Shrinkage of the tumor when scanned 4. Increase in the quantity of white blood cells (WBCs) - Answer ANS: 3 Shrinkage of the tumor when scanned Rationale: Brachytherapy involves implanting isotope seeds in, or next to, the tumor. The isotope seeds interfer...